Stupid Spyware things...

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Fri May 04, 2007 6:43 pm

Ok, I formatted my hard drive and reinstalled win xp. I was having TONS of issues such as inability to print, waaaayyyy slow internet even on broadband, and mysterious happenings.

So anyhow, I low level formatted, reinstalled.

Now I keep getting these pop up "messages" telling me to visit a few different websites and download some program to fix the issue. Its obviously injected malware somewhere. "come here and buy our program to fix the problem we inflicted onto your computer"!

Anyhow. I got Ad Awares latest, spybot updated, HiJack this. I cant rid my system of the issue.

What do I need to do to fix it?

k0rnyfr33k · Post by **k0rnyfr33k** » Fri May 04, 2007 6:56 pm

have you installed all your drivers?

Fri May 04, 2007 7:15 pm

You get this right after reinstalling XP?

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Sat May 05, 2007 10:40 am

Yup.

Im assuming its something that hid in some area thats not affected by format.

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Sat May 05, 2007 11:33 am

You have to install anti virus, firefox and zone alarm before you even put your computer on the net after reformat. It takes only minutes for spyware to start hitting your computer JUST HOOKED UP TO the internet. Not even having to surf.
A full drive format erases everything, period.

joeyc · Post by **joeyc** » Sat May 05, 2007 12:27 pm

I always download the critical updates from microsoft, hardware drivers, and whatnot before I format. Put all of that on a disk and use it when you reinstall BEFORE hooking it up to the net. If I'm not mistaken you can make a rollup install with the windows update.

Scarrell · Post by **Scarrell** » Sat May 05, 2007 12:37 pm

zero fill your harddrive.. it will get rid of EVERYTHING.. its like reformatting x10... is your copy of XP valid? pm me and let me know.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Sat May 05, 2007 6:11 pm

Yes I got a student version of professional when I was in college, so its not hacked or anything.

I dont know what to do. It just keeps popping up like a mofo when it starts.

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Sat May 05, 2007 6:55 pm

I'd use Zonealarm. Zonealarm will let you know ANYTIME something tries to use your internet connection for something. You can probably then start figuring out where it's hiding.

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Sun May 06, 2007 3:54 am

I personally use Yahoo's Anti-spy and it does a great job and allows me to do a complete check up when ever I like with reminders... Just my 2 cents.